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NOVEMBER 14, 1918 enza, aged 28, was the fourth son of the late William HargravePawson, of Sftoredan, Northumberland, and the Hon. Mrs. Howard, of Sibton Park, Lyroinge. Capt. A. WINTER ROSE, M.C., Yeomanry, who died atHastings on Tuesday, October 29th, was the youngest son of the late T. E. Rose and Mrs. Rose, of Abingdon Villas,Kensington. He was educated? at Bedford Modern School. Afterwards devoting himself to architecture, he won thetravelling studentship of the Architectural Association and the Pugin medal and other distinctions. When war brokeout he had a large practice at Westminster, some of his work being exhibited in the architectural section of the Ro3ralAcademy, and some being reproduced in the pages of Country Life, The Builder, &c. From 1907 he was captain of theEaling Rugby Football Club, and was for some time considered one of the best forwards in the Eastern Counties' team. Atthe beginning of hostilities he obtained his commission in the Yeomanry, and devoted himself to recruiting and training.He went to France with his regiment in June, 1915, and was wounded at Monchy, where he won the M.C. Later he wasappointed adjutant of his regiment. Returning from the front only this year to follow a Staff course, he was attachedquite recently to an.R.A.F. cadet school as instructor. Within a few days of taking up his new duties he contracted influenza,of which he died. He married in 1913 the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Foot Mitchell, of Quendon Hall, Essex,and leaves a widow and a daughter. Lieut. KEITH MACDDNALD SCOBIE, who was killed in anaeroplane accident, was the second and only surviving son of Mr. D. M. Scobie, late Indian P.W.D., of Hove. He wasborn in 1897 at Polmont, Stirlingshire, and, entering Brighton College as a scholar in 1910, he passed in September, 1915,into the Moyal Military Academy, Woolwich, taking a high position on the list. He passed out into the R.G.A., andserved hi France for nine months during the first Somme battles. He was sent home wounded in April, 1917, and afterhis recovery he exchanged this year into the Air Service, and had just completed his training for a pilot's certificatein the R.A.F. when he met his death. Lieut. BROOKS HENOK STREET, The Welsh Regiment andR.A.F., who, on August 6th, was aocidentally killed while flying abroad, was the only son of Mr. and Mrs. F. F.Street, Colombo, Ceylon. Capt. G. W. SWANSON, who was drowned at sea on Octoberioth, aged 27, was the only son of the late W. O. Swanson and Mrs. Swanson, of " Fairfield," New Kilmainham, Dublin.He was educated at Bancroft's and London University, where he was in the O.T.C. He obtained a commission before thewar in the 4th (Reserve) Hampshire Regiment, T.F. He became adjutant in 1915, but in the same year got his transferto the R.F.C. He went out to Mesopotamia as a pilot on June 17th, 1916, but returned to England on April 20th, 1917,his nerves and health having broken down. He remained as technical officer in the R.A.F. until May, 1918, when, owingto bad health, he sent in his resignation, and returned to his own regiment. On June 3rd, 1916, at Bournemouth, he married Brenda, younger daughter of the late James Hill,of Antwicks Manor, Letcombe Regis. Wantage, and of Mrs. Pratt, Highbury, Wantage. Lieut. OLIVER BYERLEY WALTERS WILLS, R.A.F., M.C.,who died on November ioth as the result of a flying accident in England, aged 26, was the son of Mr. and Mrs. GeorgeTarlton Wills, son-i#»law of Professor and Mrs. H. Wildon Carr. ^' _ Married The marriage of Mr. CLAUDE BARRINGTON, R.A.F., and Miss VIOLET WARDROP took place quietly on Tuesday, November5th. at Holy Trinity Church, Sloane Street. Capt. K. G. GUNN, attached R.A,F., second son of Mr. andMrs. George Gunn, of Ealing, was married very quietly on November 7th, at St. John the Divine, Bedford Hill, S.W.,to FLORENCE MARJORIE, second daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Frederick PHTLP, of 68, Manville Road, Upper Tooting, S.W. The marriage between Lieut. REGINALD MANBY, R.A.F.,an<i Miss MARJORIE LEAN took place on Monday, Novembernth, at St. Mary Abbot's Church, Kensington. Major GEORGE REGINALD MOSER, R.A.F., son of GeorgeMoser, of Kendal, Westmorland, was married on November 5th, at the Church of the Annunciation, Bryanston Street, W.,to GLADYS, youngest surviving daughter of William Henry MOBERLY, of Southampton. Capt. GERALD T. TAIT, R.A.F., was married on November5 th at the Chateau de Chateauneuf, near Grasses, Alpes Maritimes, to YSABEAU JOSEPHINE DE SUAREZ, youngestdaughter of the Marquise D'AULAN and the late Marquisd'Aulan, formerly deputy of the Dr6me. EDWARD THEODORE, R.A.F., elder son of Mr. and Mrs.E. J. CROSIER, East Boldon, co. Durham, was married onNovember gth at All Saints' Church, Cleadon, to HANNAH TOSE ("NANCE"), eldest daughter of Capt. and Mrs. BIGGS," Meadowlands," Cleadon, near Sunderland. ' To be Married A marriage has been arranged, and will shortly take placein Paris, between Capt. L. D. DALZELL-MCKEAN, R.A.F.,Hornsea House, Hornsea, E. Yorks, youngest son of Hugh McKean, Dublin, and Mme. ELAINE DE MAJEWSKA, ofVarsovie, Poland. The marriage arranged between Lieut. H. K. GIBSON,Northumberland Fusiliers, attached R.A.F., and ELEANOR M. SMITH, will take place on November 27th at the parish church,Henley-on-Thames, at 12. The engagement is announced between Major T. W. MULCAHY-MORGAN, M.C., R.A.F., third son of Mr. and Mrs.Mulcahy-Morgan, Roebuck Hill, Dundrum, co. Dublin, and BARBARA MARY HEAPE, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs.Walter Heape, Kings End House, Bicester, and io, King's Bench Walk, Temple. ItemThe will of Lieut. EVANS DAVIES JONES, R.A.F., of Fish-guard, killed in France, who died intestate, has been sworn at The Great Air Fight STANDING out as unique in a wonderful series of aerialfights is that of Major W. G. Barker, whose work in the air had already won for him the D.S.O. (with two bars), D.F.C.,M.C. (with bar), and the Italian Cross of Honour. The story of this epic is thus told by Mr. Philip Gibbs, the DailyChronicle correspondent at the Front. " It happened over the Forest of Mormal. Major Barker saw a two-seaterflying at 21,000 ft. to escape our Archies and any other trouble, and climbed up to it in a wide spiral and then from belowfired at it. The German pilot and observer fell, their machine breaking in the air, and one man dropping in a parachute.Immediately a Fokker biplane came into view, and the major heard the whistling of bullets through his plane, and thenfelt a hammer stroke on his left thigh. He was hit, and for the moment stunned. His aeroplane began to spin out ofcontrol, but the major became conscious of his danger, and, instinctively touching his levers, got his grip again on theengine. " Then he saw that he was surrounded by fifteen Fokkers,crowding about him for a death shot. His defence was by attack, and by a marvellous manoeuvre he got his shots infirst and three enemies fell. But the machine-guns were clattering about him, and the bullets were singing past hiswires. Another hammer-blow struck him, this time shatter- 'ng his left thigh-bone. He fainted clean away, and hismachine dived helplessly. But once again the spirit of the man awakened to the instinct of self-preservation and anger against those who were out to kill him. He handled hismachine again, mastered it, and looked out for the Germans" " Twelve to fifteen scouts were in his sky-space, taking upthe hunt for him. He flew at one, and saw that his burst of fire set it alight, so that it became a falling flame. . At thesame time bullets were about him like wasps, and one of them smashed his left elbow, and his arm dropped and hung looseand useless. '' He was a one-handed man now, to steer and shoot againsta new swarm of enemies that came like midges. He dived steeply to escape them, but eight more scouts chased himdown. He could not avoid them, so fought them. He fought them by manoeuvring for position with every ' stunt' knownto airmen with a little morning wildness in their hearts. But this was cold, deadly skill. It was watched by groundobservers, who held their breath at the sight of that one British aeroplane banking, nose-diving, looping, with a flockof Germans about him. " For ten or twelve minutes he juggled with his aeroplaneto get his target. He hit two and put them out of action, and then they had enough and he landed successfully. " But when his machine came to rest he did not jump out.He sat all crumpled up with his head drooping, and it was on a stretcher that he went away. He is now in hospital, gravelywounded, and every man out here who knows how he fought between fifty and sixty hostile aircraft, and destroyed fourand drove down six, hopes, with all his heart, that this air knight of ours will get well of his wounds." I299
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